Chapter 22 Summary

On the day before Palm Sunday, the servants go round the house and to neighbours' to ask for forgiveness of any sins they might have committed during the year. Frank is surprised when Lisa asks him for forgiveness. She waits silently until Frank says, "I forgive you, Lisa."

On Palm Sunday she takes the children out to see the crowds. Frank says he will join them later. Then he has a phone call from the Ministry of Defense, political division, in other words, the Security Police. They say they are holding one Vladimir Semyonich Grigoriev, a student who has confessed to breaking into Reid Press on March 16th. They ask Frank to come to their office to identify him. While he is there, they ask Frank to confirm their information about his household staff. They further indicate that they know Frank has been...